As far I understand is that the F1 cars use very little negativ camber on the
rear.
At this high speed corner the tires run only on the outside shoulder.
I agree the Michelin teams should have raced and pick some easy points.
I think a driver like Senna, Lauda, Rinth would race.
Lauda was very upset about this. He is a narrator at the German TV.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Randall Young" <ryoung@navcomtech.com>
To: <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2005 2:36 AM
Subject: RE: Diagram
> > Check out this diagram showing a tire on the nine degree banking.
> > http://www.formula1.com/race/technical_analysis/740/149.html
>
> I'm confused. Why would the tire be at right angles to horizontal, instead
> of right angles to the road surface ? Is the turn only banked from the
> center outwards or something ?
>
> I don't really care, what the Michelin drivers did seems pretty damn
> childish to me. But that web page seems way off the mark. The 9 degree
> bank just means they can take the corner really fast, and the Michelin tires
> couldn't handle the loading generated in the ultra-fast corner. I can see
> not wanting to run a non-competitive car ... but not blaming the track for
> being too fast. Or the sanctioning body for not slowing the track down.
>
> Randall
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